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Cloudy with a Chance of Killer WhalesOlga Filatova (ANF)Orca whales cause people to have mixed feelings, ranging from fanatical love to hatred and fear, and they will not leave anybody untouched. Some think of them as “soul mates”, others think of them as insidious killer whales... But not too many people know what orcas are in reality. How they live and socialize, how a family looks like, what distinguishes fish-eating orcas from meat-eating ones? No one can talk about it more authoritatively and fascinatingly than biologist Olga Filatova, a specialist in acoustic communication of mammals and behaviour of cetaceans. The reader accompanied by Olga and her colleagues will set out for a place where the researches on orcas and other cetaceans are conducted and will follow the difficult and exciting expeditions. The work of a whale scientist has little of the romance ascribed to the profession by journalists and wildlife film makers. Long hours on water and agonizing waiting for good weather on shore, bitter cold and blinding sun, long unsuccessful searches and unceasing feeling that you miss something important - this is the daily work of a whale biologist. The truly astonishing joy of discovery and knowledge of something that no one has ever seen or described before make this routine more attractive.
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